Winter storm heading toward the western Upper Peninsula

As of 9:30am Saturday a winter storm watch is in effect for significant snow in the Upper Peninsula on Sunday into Monday. Keep updated with changing weather if traveling that way.NOAA/Mark Torregrossa

A winter storm is bringing blizzard conditions to North Dakota and heavy snow to Minnesota. That same storm will head toward Michigan for Sunday into Monday. Right now it looks like most of the Lower Peninsula will be in the warm sector ahead of the storm. So expect mostly rain, mixed with wet snow showers on Sunday for the Lower Peninsula.

The Upper Peninsula is a different weather story. The eastern part of the Upper Peninsula will have snow, mixed at times with rain. There could be a couple inches of snow late Sunday into Monday. The far western Upper Peninsula is under a Winter Storm Watch for late Sunday into Monday. That area should be cold enough for all snow, and total accumulations should mount up to over six inches by late Monday. To stay updated on changing watches and warnings go here.

Colder air is heading toward all of Michigan after the storm passes. It won't be extreme cold, but look for temperatures on Monday to stay in the twenties and lower thirties.

Over the next ten days it looks like we could have two more sizeable storm systems move through Michigan. Each storm should have a better chance of bringing widespread snow that the previous storm.

It's still too early to tell what the weather looks like for Christmas. I'll keep you updated on Christmas weather.